
Water stores were recycled almost completely. The extensive recycling installations ensured that only incidental biomass losses needed to be replenished.
MACROSS COMPENDIUM FULL
The dry stores endurance is limited to about 3 years with a full crew complement, assuming no mining and subsequent replenishment, which the ships were capable of doing. The ship will float in an ocean, and this is the preferred landing in the absence of landing infrastructure. Note that the ground underneath should be as firm as possible. The hull has sufficient structural strength for the ship to make a cold landing on it. Planetary Capabilities: The Macross-class has atmospheric capabilities through its reaction thrusters and anti-gravity system.It is possible that this, along with the folding so deep in Earth’s gravitational well, was a contributing factor to the subsequent disappearance of the fold system. NB: A spherical fold was created by the Macross crew due to operator error.This system normally generates a hull-conformal fold, but is capable of spherical folds. Anti-gravity System: 15 RRG Olympic anti-gravity pods.7 x RRG VFR-4 Fusion-Plasma Reaction Thrusters with protoculture energizer mounted on the ventral central body, in a cluster of two side rows of two and one central row of three aft of the VFR-2 thrusters.9 x RRG VFR-3 Fusion-Plasma Reaction Thrusters with protoculture energizer mounted on the ventral central body in a cluster of 3×3 engines, forward of the VFR-2 thrusters.8 x RRG VFR-2 Fusion-Plasma Reaction Thrusters with protoculture energizer mounted in two clusters of four underneath the ‘shoulders’.Reaction-mass Thrusters (6): RRG HPC-2 Fusion-Plasma Reaction Thrusters with protoculture energizer mounted in a vertical row of three in each aft leg.Three are located on each side of the ship, two are located on the ventral leg, two on the dorsal leg, two on the dorsal cannon booms and two on the ventral cannon booms. Maneuvering Thrusters (14): Fusion-Plasma Reaction Thrusters clusters with steerable nozzles.The powerplant of a Macross-class vessel can nominally deliver up to 43.2 Petawatts of power, and can operate for seventy-five minutes at maximum power before overheat initiates auto-shutdown. Main power system: RRG Mk.1 protoculture-fueled Reflex furnace cluster.Where appropriate, the Tirolian designations will be added between brackets. Note: Due to the many different designations used (Tirolian, Terran-refit and Terran-new construction (SDF-2)) for the same components, only the Terran-new construction names and designations will be used for ease of reading. Fuel Mass: 1,980,000 metric tons, maximum (typical).Mass: 18,000,000 metric tons, operational (typical).Width: 339 meters over all for Tirolian ships, 496 meters with the added carriers for the Terran refit.Height: for the main hull, 312 meters over the command tower.Life support limits are for a full combat complement and about 480,000 supernumaries (500,000 men total).Troops and additional personnel (12,500 men),.Life support limits are for a full combat complement and about 100 Zentraedi supernumaries (500,000 Tirolian sized men total).Air Group (100 Tirolians, 120 Zentraedi),.Ships’ crew (3,250 Tirolians, 50 Zentraedi),.One half-sister of this class (SDF-2 UES Odyssey) was built using reverse-engineering from the SDF-1 using many local components by the Terrans in the Luna base shipyards from 2005-2014. The first 12 ships were built at the Tirol Orbital Shipyards and entered service from 1979 through 1983. Sian Raflawem, destroyed by Invid, 2022.Sian Nasices, cannibalized by Tirolian fleet, 2015.Sian Aippa, total loss and scrapped at Tirol, 1993.Sian Macross (later re-designated SDF-1 UES Macross), destroyed on Earth, 2014.Designation: Sian Macross-class Border Fleet Gun Destroyer, Macross-class Super Dimensional Fortress (SDF)
